Products: Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/CAE
Benefits: You can now define gap electrical conductance as a contact interaction property in Abaqus/CAE, which increases the coverage of Abaqus product functionality.
Description: You can use the contact property editor in Abaqus/CAE to define the electrical conductance between two surfaces in a contact interaction. The conductance is proportional to the difference in electric potentials across the interface. The conduction is a function of the clearance (separation) between the surfaces and can be a function of the contact pressure. The Edit Contact Property dialog box lets you enter conductance values in a data table, providing clearance-dependency data and/or pressure-dependency data.
Interaction module: Contact property editor: ElectricalElectrical Conductance